NHTSA Complaint #10732689 — 2008 SATURN AURA

POWER TRAIN issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 10732689
Vehicle 2008 SATURN AURA
Component POWER TRAIN
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage 167,000 miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State NJ

Consumer Description

7/6/15-PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE, PUT CAR IN PARK, GOT BACK IN, PUT CAR IN REVERSE, PULLING OUT BACKWARDS. WHEN I PUT CAR BACK INTO DRIVE IT WOULDN'T GO INTO FORWARD. CAR WAS RUNNING BUT I HAD NO GEARS AND MY SHIFTER WAS LOOSE...NOTHING. I LOOKED ON LINE FOR ANY OTHER RECALLS ON MY 2008 SATURN AURA FOR THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND BULLETIN # 14152, WHICH STATES MY VEHICLE HAS A CONDITION WHICH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE COULD FRACTURE AT ANY TIME. WHEN THIS FRACTURE OCCURS, THE DRIVE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SELECT A DIFFERENT GEAR AND THE VEHICLE MAY MOVE IN AN UNINTENDED DIRECTION. THE CAR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE SHIFTED INTO PARK OR ANY OTHER GEAR. I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT HAS OCCURRED. WHEN I CALLED THE PHONE # FOR SATURN I WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR DOES NOT COME UNDER THIS RECALL, YET BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2012 I DID RECEIVE A RECALL FOR A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE THAT HAS END FITTING TABS THAT MAY FRACTURE OR BREAK. THIS PROBLEM WAS FIXED BY A GM DEALER IN AUGUST OF 2013. CHECKING ONLINE I FOUND THAT RECALL # 14152 EXPANDS AN EARLIER RECALL #12106 (WHICH WAS CORRECTED 8/2013), YET SATURN SAYS THIS JUNE 2014 RECALL # 14152 DOES NOT APPLY TO MY CAR. I BELIEVE THAT IT DOES. CAN ANYONE HELP ME WITH THIS SO I CAN DRIVE MY CAR AGAIN?

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